| Subject | Date Asked |
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| Setback in Potty training ...help | 9/5/2008 |
Q: I have been trying to potty train my 3 year old son for the last 8 mths. He is comfortable with the ...
A: I would like to know whether his stools are very hard, he strains, passes blood also? Also about his ...
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| stomach pain | 9/5/2008 |
Q: My granddaughter is now years old ,we have had to give her stomach medicine(mylacon) every since she ...
A: I appreciate your concern for your grand-daughter. I think you need to look at root problem rather ...
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| toddler fall | 9/2/2008 |
Q: my son is 20 months and he fell down a flight of stairs and got a big bump on his forehead over his ...
A: Children usually fall when they started walking and running. They frequently injured themselves. ...
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| Nose Bleeding | 8/28/2008 |
Q: My daughter is 8 years old. She has frequent nose bleeds. I notice that everytime she has one, there ...
A: Nose bleeds or Epistaxis is common in children due to very fragile veins in the septum behind the ...
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| Infectious Diarrhoea | 8/27/2008 |
Q: My baby is 2 months old. She is only 2.3 kg when born ( june 10 2008 ). Since breast milk is not ...
A: Small infants have varying appetite. Also abdominal colic are also common and related to feeds.Are ...
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| 1 years old bowel movement | 8/24/2008 |
Q: My 1 year old son seems to have 5-6 bowel movements a day and it is causing really bad diaper rash. ...
A: Although infants can have wide variation in frequency of bowel movements, sometimes even upto 10-12 ...
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| chronic swollen lymph nodes | 8/23/2008 |
Q: My daughter is 8 yrs old. She's had a swollen node for on one side of here neck since she was 4. ...
A: Lymph node enlargement is common in children and infection of scalp, ear, throat and skin can all ...
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| kids massage | 8/23/2008 |
Q: I'm massage Therapist in Miami Florida, I have a client interested in having his kid massaged to ...
A: Massage will not help this kid increase in height. She needs an evaluation by an endocrinologist and ...
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| 1 yr old | 8/22/2008 |
Q: I have a 16 yr old that has tested positve for strep and a 1 yr old that is in the same home. My ...
A: The throat infection spread by coughing, sneezing, sharing same towel, handkerchief, hand shake and ...
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| Weak graps reflex | 8/18/2008 |
Q: I have an almost 7 week old daughter and her grasp reflex noticeably dropped off the last week or ...
A: It is really appreciable that you are so concern about your daughter. It is also a good idea to keep ...
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| feeding habit of 4 month infant | 8/17/2008 |
Q: My boy turned 4 months on 12 Aug and his feeding habits have become confusing. From drinking 4-5 oz ...
A: What your doctor is saying is correct. Infants diet, frequency and likes keeps on changing with age. ...
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| Food aversion | 8/17/2008 |
Q: My son tried solid food at 4 month and started food aversion around 6-7 month. Now he is 9month old ...
A: Babies differ widely in their food liking and also have varied liking at different stage of ...
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| discoloration of tailbone area | 8/14/2008 |
Q: both of my biracial (black/white) grand children have a purple area near their tailbone. There does ...
A: I can understand your concern about the spot on tailbone area. Most likely the condition is a benign ...
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| paed haematuria | 8/14/2008 |
Q: 10 yr male having painless occassional blood in urine usg ivp reveals no pathology
A: Blood in urine always cause anxiety in minds of parents and I can understand your concern. However, ...
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| my 20 month old son has smelly urine and high temperature | 8/11/2008 |
Q: My 20 month old son has had a high temperature of 38.9c for the past 2 days and he has also had very ...
A: I can understand your concern. Urinary tract infection can be one reason for smelly urine in febrile ...
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| Infectious Diarrhoea | 8/11/2008 |
Q: My baby is 2 months old. She is only 2.3 kg when born ( june 10 2008 ). Since breast milk is not ...
A: The first thing to look for is whether she is passing urine more than 5 times in 24 hours.If yes ...
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| infant development | 8/10/2008 |
Q: I have a few concerns about my sons development. He is 9 weeks old. He was born at 37 weeks (I had ...
A: I really appreciate your understanding of baby's development and your concern. I agree that this is ...
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| 11 week old won't sleep | 8/10/2008 |
Q: My 11 week old son won't nap during the day and wakes up every two hours at night. How do i get him ...
A: This appears to be the normal sleeping rhythm of young infants. Most of babies sleep during day and ...
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| 2.5 Years, Left Kidney Enlargement | 8/10/2008 |
Q: I have a baby boy, Arnav, who is now 2.5 years. The baby was around 1 month pre-mature and was ...
A: I can understand your concern for the condition in your son. Pelvi-ureteric junction (PUJ) ...
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| 5 month old baby has stools every other day | 8/7/2008 |
Q: Is it normal for a 5 month old breast fed baby to have one poop every other day. It is yellow and ...
A: Babies can have wide variability in their stool frequency as well as fluidity. Usually breast fed ...
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| Weak graps reflex | 8/7/2008 |
Q: I have an almost 7 week old daughter and her grasp reflex noticeably dropped off the last week or ...
A: I suggest you to please look for following things in your daughter- 1. Whether she is floppy to hold ...
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| Weak graps reflex | 8/6/2008 |
Q: I have an almost 7 week old daughter and her grasp reflex noticeably dropped off the last week or ...
A: Grasp reflex(Palmar) is present at birth and gradually evolves from involuntary (spinal/automatic) ...
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| Black Poop | 8/3/2008 |
Q: My 5.5 month old baby is on breast milk and rice starch water+pulse water diet. He was prescribed ...
A: I can understand your natural concern related to steroid use for your baby.Usually steroids as ...
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| question about drooling | 8/3/2008 |
Q: i have a question about drooling my son will be turning 6 at the end of this month and he drools ...
A: I can understand your concern for your son. Drooling is common in children and is normal till 18 ...
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| enlarged kidney with cysts in utero | 8/2/2008 |
Q: At 19 weeks my baby had an enlarged rt kidney but function of kidneys and bladder were fine. At 25 ...
A: I can understand your concern for your baby. Informed parents make better decision. It is good that ...
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| my baby | 8/1/2008 |
Q: my baby is 14 months old. weight-18 pounds height-29 inches head circumference-44 some times when ...
A: Hard stools in children can be due to increased anal tone which may occur if there is perianal ...
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| asprin products | 7/31/2008 |
Q: MY DAUGHTER HAS GASTRITIS AND I GAVE HER CHILDRENS IBUPOFEN FOR HER FEVER. A LITTLE ATER THAT MY ...
A: The Ibuprofen is different from Aspirin. Aspirin during fever should be avoided in children as it ...
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| 11 year old boy with nocturnal enuresis and start of urine leakage during the day | 7/30/2008 |
Q: what is your opinion on my 11 year old son who has never stopped wetting the bed at night. He wears ...
A: I can appreciate your concern for your growing boy. At least 1-2 percent of children still have this ...
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| Message from eBay Member Regarding Item #220172302589 | 7/29/2008 |
Q: my 14 months baby have a diarrhea about 4 days now and today also get a fewer 100.2f
A: If he is also having decreased urine, high colored urine,peri-anal rash, irritability and vomiting ...
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| Stomach Pain | 7/28/2008 |
Q: My 12 year old son had a bad stomach virus two months ago. He threw up pretty violently for about 2 ...
A: It is sad that your son is having stomach ache and nausea. There can be variety of factors producing ...
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| conductive hearing loss | 7/28/2008 |
Q: my son is 5 months old and has conductive hearing loss in his left ear, he has never had an ear ...
A: I can understand your concern for your baby and it may be a difficult time to take a decision. ...
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| my baby | 7/28/2008 |
Q: my baby is 14 months old. weight-18 pounds height-29 inches head circumference-44 some times when ...
A: Her weight for age correspond to 11th percentile and length for age correspond to about 10th ...
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| 10 month old with 104 fever for 4 days | 7/28/2008 |
Q: My ten month old son has been running a fever of 104.5 for the last 4 days. We have been giving him ...
A: Running fever of 104 for more than 4 days is really a matter to worry. He may need a longer course ...
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| About our sense perception | 7/27/2008 |
Q: I have some question regarding perception of human being to his surrounding -Is it true everyone ...
A: You have really touched a very important issue. Taste is a function of higher cortical sensation and ...
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| Persistent Low Grade Fever | 7/27/2008 |
Q: My daughter Neha age 9 years is having a cyclic nature of low grade fever Morning 97.5, Afternoon ...
A: The urine examination is indicating Urinary infection and antibiotics are guided by the culture and ...
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| 23 Months old boy | 7/27/2008 |
Q: Kuldeep: My 23 months old boy has a diarrhea on July 24, and 07/25-07/26..his stool is rather ...
A: The description apparently points to infection with protozoal or even virus.Please recollect whether ...
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| dizziness | 7/26/2008 |
Q: my daughter is 12 for the first time she felt dizzy, the room was spinning and she had nausea. she ...
A: The symptoms you have described may be due to vasovagal( syncopal ) attack. It can also occur with ...
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| childhood conditions | 7/24/2008 |
Q: Singh, My son took an asthma inhaler containing inhaled corticosteroids for 4 months of his life ...
A: I appreciate your concern for your son. Inhaled corticosteroids are used as preventer medicine for ...
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| Malaria | 7/24/2008 |
Q: My wife and 5 and half year old daughter were recently treated for malaria (vivax & falciparum both) ...
A: There are many different regimen for treating malaria. Artesunate followed by primaquin has been ...
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| didn't poop | 7/24/2008 |
Q: The baby hasn't had any bowel movement for the last 36 hours now. Is this normal? What should I do ...
A: You have not mentioned the age of your baby and whether this is first time she has the problem? ...
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| Black Poop | 7/22/2008 |
Q: My 5.5 month old baby is on breast milk and rice starch water+pulse water diet. He was prescribed ...
A: The stool color associated with feeding, juice,medicines and interval you have described can result ...
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| Persistent Low Grade Fever | 7/22/2008 |
Q: My daughter Neha age 9 years is having a cyclic nature of low grade fever Morning 97.5, Afternoon ...
A: There are 2 important cause of fever in children which should be considered are drug fever and ...
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| About our sense perception | 7/22/2008 |
Q: I have some question regarding perception of human being to his surrounding -Is it true everyone ...
A: I appreciate your perception about human similarity and evolution based on sensory inputs.The ...
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| dtap injection area | 7/21/2008 |
Q: I was just notified that my 10th grader has to have the dtap in order to register for school this ...
A: DTap injection is for vaccination against Diphtheria, Tetanus and acellular Pertusis. Primary ...
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| Malaria | 7/21/2008 |
Q: My wife and 5 and half year old daughter were recently treated for malaria (vivax & falciparum both) ...
A: I can understand your concern.You have not mentioned about the medications and their duration. ...
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| whiteness in Stool | 7/21/2008 |
Q: I saw white thread like strutures all over my stool today morning. I am worried. Could you guide as ...
A: Thread like structure can be mucous shreds, undigested food particles or can be pin worms.You should ...
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| Disprin | 7/19/2008 |
Q: I am breast feeding my 5+month old baby. He started on liquids( rice starch water, pulse water and ...
A: I appreciate your concern for your baby. You can breast fed your baby for as long as you are ...
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| 2 year old swollowed quarter | 7/18/2008 |
Q: My child swallowed a quarter and I took her to the ER that night and they did an Xray and said it ...
A: I can understand your concern. Most of ingested foreign bodies are spontaneously passed. If the ...
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| height and weight | 7/17/2008 |
Q: My daughter is 5 years old. She weighs 40lbs and is 40 in tall? Is this within the normal range?
A: Her weight for age is falling at 46 percentile and height for age is around 5th centile. Her Body ...
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| baby vaginal thrush | 7/16/2008 |
Q: my baby is 16 weeks old, could she have vaginal thrush, she has had antibiotics last week and now ...
A: Thumb sucking is normal for a 16 weeks old baby. Yes antibiotics do predispose to fungal infections ...
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| child weight. | 7/15/2008 |
Q: My daughter is 3years 3 months old and weighs about 38 lbs. She is 41 inches tall. On the chart it ...
A: According to CDC/WHO charts, her weight is at 90th percentile and her height is at 95th centile ...
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| Anal Area Red | 7/14/2008 |
Q: MY 5 month old baby passes watery and loose stool 2-3 times a day. He urinates more than 5-6 times. ...
A: From the description of your baby it appears that only problem is loose watery stools and perianal ...
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| loose stool in infant | 7/13/2008 |
Q: my baby is 3months-10 days old and is on exclusive breastfeed.she is passing loose and watery ...
A: I can understand your concern. She is suffering acute gastroenteritis most probably viral. Though ...
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| Runny Poop | 7/11/2008 |
Q: My 17 months old son has been having very runny poop for about a week now. He usually poops every ...
A: Children usually have varying stool frequency and consistency. Runny poop 1-2 times may be related ...
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| Hair loss in 16 yr. old female | 7/11/2008 |
Q: My 16 yr. old female is losing hair and has hot flashes, colds, trouble sleeping and was sick with ...
A: The children during these growing up period may have certain peculiar problems. Partly these may be ...
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| 4 Year Old with Fatigue and Nausea | 7/11/2008 |
Q: My four year old daughter just recently began complaining of the need to throw up, usually after she ...
A: Your description of your baby's problem really need attention. Usually such young children don't ...
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| Early walking | 7/9/2008 |
Q: Is there any danger if a child begins walking on his own at 9 mo.? This child is a male and born 4 ...
A: There is absolutely no danger if child start walking on his own at 9 months. Some times they even ...
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| tonsills | 7/8/2008 |
Q: my son is 3 years old and his tonsils just dont look right.. they have been inflammed and red for ...
A: Decision to take out tonsils, i.e., Tonsillectomy is based on individual evaluation. The American ...
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| babies stool | 7/7/2008 |
Q: my 14 months baby had one week ago several(maybe 3?)soft stools,one of those had a small ammount of ...
A: The symptoms point to a condition known as Gastro-enteritis. Since your baby is active playing, ...
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| Chronic asthma | 7/7/2008 |
Q: My 6 year old son has had only sickness induced wheezing/ bronchitis since having RSV at 3 months ...
A: I can understand your concern about your child and his tests. Asthma basically is a reversible ...
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| HIVES | 7/7/2008 |
Q: My Daughter is Almost four years old and in the past years has been struck 3 times with severe ...
A: I can understand your concern and your frustration. What you described for your 4 year old daughter ...
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